Top 15 quotes from Narendra Modi's 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' speech

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the ambitious ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India mission). The mission seeks participation of all citizens from different age group in order to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi's vision of ‘clean India'.The ‘abhiyan' was launched on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 145th birth anniversary.The Prime Minister also administered cleanliness pledge to 125 crore Indians on this occasion.He also used a broom and shovel to clean the ground of the Valmiki Sadan, a Dalit colony at Mandir Marg in national capital.According to the 2011 Census, only 32.70 per cent of rural households had access to toilets. According to a UN report released this year, India continues to have the largest number of people in the world defecating in the open.Here goes Top 15 quotes from Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' speech:1. It is our social responsibility as citizens of India to help fulfil Gandhiji's vision of Clean India, by his 150th birth anniversary in 2019.2. I am seeing that Gandhi is looking through these specs that whether we have made India clean or not, what we have done and what we have done.3. Devote 100 hours every year towards the cause of cleanliness.4. Cleaning up the country cannot be the sole responsibility of sweepers. Do citizens have no role in this? We have to change this mindset.5. Though it is a difficult task, it can be achieved and for that people will have to change their habits.6. It takes time to change established mindset. It is a difficult task. But we have five years. This is not about Modi... Modi is only one of its 1.2 billion people... This is a people's task.7. Sanitation should not be seen as a political tool, but should only be connected to patriotism (rashtrabhakti) and commitment to public health.8. I am not talking politics...this is beyond politics. This is inspired my patriotism not politics. We do not have to do with an eye on politics...I say that with a clean heart... If we paint this again with a brush of politics, we will again do a disservice to mother India.9. All the governments in this country have made one or the other effort to do this work. Several political, social and cultural organizations have made efforts in this direction. I greet all those, who have worked.10. I have requested the corporates to evolve plans under corporate social responsibility to build clean toilets specially for girl students in schools. India should learn from foreign countries, where people are disciplined and do not litter in public places.11. I have invited nine people and asked them to come to public places and work towards a Clean India. I ask them to invite 9 more people too.12. I have invited Mridula Sinha ji, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Ambani, Ramdev, Shashi Tharoor, Kamal Haasan, Priyabka Chopra, Salman Khan, team of Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma13. If people of India can reach Mars with minimal expenditure, why can they not keep their streets and colonies clean.14. If we make it a public movement, we can make our country being counted as one among the cleanest nations.15. According to the World Health Organization, an average of Rs. 6500 per person was lost in India due to lack of cleanliness and hygiene. Swachh Bharat would make a significant impact on public health and in safeguarding income of the poor, ultimately contributing to the national economy.